Hindustan Motors' Aging Ambassador, a Symbol of India's Ascent, Rides Into the Sunset

NEW DELHI—Hindustan Motors Ltd. has suspended production of the Ambassador, a bubble-topped sedan that for more than a half-century defined India as a place that follows its own road map.

Long the favored vehicle of India's politically powerful, Ambassadors today still shuttle around thousands of chauffeured government bureaucrats and military brass nationwide. Blue vehicles for the air force, black for the army, white for the navy...